most pass yards from 1969 to 1979

Between the 1969 and 1979 seasons, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing yards, with 26,781 yards.

Interpreted as:
most pass yards by a player from 1969 to 1979
NAMEYDSGPCMPATTPCTAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
26,781
134
2,276
3,854
59.1
6.9
199.9
179
140
80.6
4.6
3.6
274
2,337
2Jim Hart
J. Hart
24,112
137
1,823
3,555
51.3
6.8
176.0
143
157
68.1
4.0
4.4
175
1,426
3Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
22,700
131
1,685
2,958
57.0
7.7
173.3
153
109
83.4
5.2
3.7
313
2,154
4Craig Morton
C. Morton
20,242
145
1,484
2,800
53.0
7.2
139.6
131
136
71.7
4.7
4.9
290
2,197
5Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
20,030
119
1,570
2,785
56.4
7.2
168.3
125
101
78.9
4.5
3.6
271
2,009
6Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
19,918
129
1,474
2,859
51.6
7.0
154.4
147
163
67.5
5.1
5.7
239
2,163
7Bob Griese
B. Griese
19,824
131
1,513
2,643
57.2
7.5
151.3
150
134
78.8
5.7
5.1
258
2,229
8Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
19,078
130
1,486
2,481
59.9
7.7
146.8
150
143
80.2
6.0
5.8
189
1,691
9Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
16,864
125
1,426
2,768
51.5
6.1
134.9
96
139
61.0
3.5
5.0
222
1,977
10John Hadl
J. Hadl
16,730
126
1,282
2,499
51.3
6.7
132.8
111
134
65.2
4.4
5.4
179
1,514
11Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
16,587
109
1,434
2,666
53.8
6.2
152.2
116
81
74.7
4.4
3.0
168
1,268
12Archie Manning
A. Manning
16,568
105
1,405
2,587
54.3
6.4
157.8
87
123
65.4
3.4
4.8
276
2,147
13Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
16,441
109
1,281
2,388
53.6
6.9
150.8
129
109
74.5
5.4
4.6
158
1,193
14Greg Landry
G. Landry
15,045
114
1,204
2,156
55.8
7.0
132.0
93
89
74.9
4.3
4.1
303
2,384
15Joe Namath
J. Namath
14,910
85
1,045
2,080
50.2
7.2
175.4
95
133
62.4
4.6
6.4
109
1,052
16Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
14,739
80
1,141
2,005
56.9
7.4
184.2
82
101
72.8
4.1
5.0
150
1,047
17Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
14,550
95
1,069
2,113
50.6
6.9
153.2
92
94
68.9
4.4
4.4
191
1,535
18Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
13,306
91
990
2,009
49.3
6.6
146.2
85
118
60.4
4.2
5.9
204
1,817
19Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
12,151
73
831
1,666
49.9
7.3
166.5
89
102
66.3
5.3
6.1
120
1,042
20Norm Snead
N. Snead
11,910
78
962
1,739
55.3
6.8
152.7
73
105
65.6
4.2
6.0
94
744
21Bert Jones
B. Jones
11,435
68
890
1,592
55.9
7.2
168.2
78
56
80.3
4.9
3.5
159
1,423
22Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
11,329
90
838
1,605
52.2
7.1
125.9
75
84
68.8
4.7
5.2
118
894
23Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
11,295
90
912
1,751
52.1
6.5
125.5
56
83
63.3
3.2
4.7
152
1,392
24Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
11,202
56
845
1,638
51.6
6.8
200.0
63
84
65.0
3.8
5.1
103
724
25Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
11,075
72
902
1,637
55.1
6.8
153.8
77
79
71.8
4.7
4.8
127
1,012
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